Like the search engine giant has strived to show the Android world how it is supposed to be done with its Nexus lineup, it seems this Google Project Fi service is just the beginning of a huge change in how carriers should be offering their services.
Now, it looks
like the search engine giant has delivered on it promise as the feature appears to be already available on some Android smartphones, as first discovered by 9To5Google.
Not exact matches
According to the
search engine giant, non-traditional news sources
like Reddit, blogs, and social media should be considered relevant.
It will be interesting to see what these numbers look
like for 2014 and whether smaller
search engine players will continue to hold off these two
search giants.)
The Netflix -
like video - streaming unit of Chinese
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engine giant Baidu Inc. closed 13.6 % below its offering price in its market debut.
With the Google I / O 2017 set to take place in May, just
like each other version of this event, we are still unsure whether the
search engine giant will take the same direction and release the new Android 8.0 for developers.
The many items that seem
like they would be made by Google, such as Chromebooks and the Nexus tablets, actually aren't manufactured by the
search engine giant.
However, with the 2017 Google Pixel 2 phone, reports claim that the
search engine giant has plans to take after the
likes of LG G6 and Galaxy S8 in massively reducing the bezels on the top and bottom, but it might be too early to start hoping for a curved edge panel.
At the upcoming Google I / O 2017, the
search engine giant is also expected to make the new Android O official, but it won't be available for public use until later in Q3 or Q4 2017, just
like it happened with Android Nougat.
A few years ago, the
search engine giant used to sell non-Google devices that came in with stock OS, just
like what you find on today's Google Nexus 6P, Nexus 5X as well as the Google Pixel and Pixel XL phones.
Ever since the introduction of the Nexus brand, the
search engine giant had positioned the phones as cheap alternatives to the expensive flagships from the
likes of Samsung, Sony, and LG, yet providing solid hardware specs and features that just about match what the flagship handsets offer.
The
search engine giant started rolling out February's Android security patch early this week and as at the time of this writing, this update is already rolling out to the
likes of Google Pixel, Google Nexus 6P, and Google Nexus Player, among other Google devices.
As expected, Android 7.0 Nougat will be running the show out of the box and
like other Android One phones, this one will also be receiving software updates at the same time as the rest of Google devices, straight from the
search engine giant.
This is true because the
search engine giant has opened up the store such that those in regions where the company has not yet opened the Google Store can still access other country's versions, browse and purchase products, just
like they are in their own territory.
With less than a year before the Google Pixel and Pixel XL are replaced, many are eager to see what the
search engine giant will be doing with the successors to these phones as it looks to bolster its position as a top smartphone seller beside the
likes of Apple and Samsung.